FACTS ABOUT UTTAR PRADESH

GENERAL FACTS ABOUT UTTAR PRADESH

1. Largest populated state in India  : Uttar Pradesh
2. The Indian state having the largest number of Scheduled caste people
3. The state having highest population of Muslims and Hindus
4. The state having the highest population of subnational entity
5. The state having the most number of literate people are residing in  : Uttar Pradesh
6. The state having the most number of villages/villagers
7. The state where most number of people are under Poverty line
8. The state having the largest collection of cattle population
9. The state having the largest police force in India
10. First police force in India to solve the grievances through twitter
11. The state which shares its boundary with most number of states in India
12. The neighbouring country which shares its border with Uttar Pradesh: Nepal
13. The state having the largest number of monuments in India
14. The state which was known as Brahmarshidesam during vedic period
15. The state known as Aryavartam, Madhyadesam and United Province
16. Leading producer of sugar cane, wheat, barley, oil seeds, Bajra
17. Taj Mahal, Agra fort, and Fatehpur Sikri are the three world heritage sites situated in
18. The state publishing largest number of newspapers in India
19. The state having the most number of National Highways
20. First bicycle highway in Asia: Uttar Pradesh (Etawah – Agra)
21. The state having the largest number of small scale industrial units
22. The Indian state which has contributed most number of Prime Ministers
23. The Indian state having the most number of Loksabha Seats, Rajyasabha seats, Legislative assembly seats
24. State having most number of districts in India
25. The state where most number or rivers are flowing
26. The state having the most number of Regional Rural Banks
27. The state through which the river Ganges  flows the longest distance
28. The state in which Etawah project and Chipko movements were started
29. The state having the most number of Universities
30. World’s first handicapped University was established in Uttar Pradesh
31. The state in which the Narora atomic power station is situated
32. The state where Ayodhya is situated
33. The state where the first International festival of birds was held
34. First Indian state to start DPEP in schools
35. The Buddhist monastery Kaushambi is situated at
36. Aligarh Muslim University is situated in: Uttar Pradesh
37. Manchester of North India: Kanpur
38. The largest city of Uttar Pradesh : Kanpur
39. Financial capital Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur
40. Industrial capital of Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur
41. Leather city of the world  : Kanpur
42. The producer of shoes in India  : Kanpur
43. Green park cricket stadium is at : Kanpur
44. National Sugar Institute is at : Kanpur
45. Largest cantonment in India is at : Kanpur
46. The Religious Capital of India :Varanasi
47. The Holy City of India : Varanasi
48. Banaras Hindu University is located at  : Varanasi
49. Banaras Hindu University was founded by :Madan Mohan Malavya
50. Banaras Hindu School was founded by : Annie Besant
51. Kasi and Banaras are the other names of : Varanasi
52. Diesel Locomotive works is at : Varanasi
53. Varanasi is famous for : Brass Industry
54. The holy city of Hindu/Jaina/Buddha : Varanasi
55. The longest highway, NH7 connects: Varanasi – Kanyakumari
56. Solar Impulse, the first solar flight in the world landed in India for the first time at : Varanasi (UP) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
57. Communist Party of India was formed at : Kanpur
58. Indian Institute of Pulses Research: Kanpur
59. The foundation stone of first Indian Institute of Skills was laid in : Kanpur
60. The Indian state which executed an agreement with Netherland Govt, to start a skill development centre for farmers : Uttar Pradesh
61. India’s first Regional Rural Bank was established at: Moradabad
62. Rajiv Gandhi Aviation University is setup at: Raibareii
63. The constituency of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Varanasi
64. Allahabad was formerly known as: Prayag
65. Judicial capital of Uttar Pradesh : Allahabad
66. The High Court having maximum number of Judges: Allahabad High Court
67. The city known as the city of Prime Minister :Allahabad
68. (seven out of 15 prime ministers of India since independence have connections with Allahabad – Nehru, Lail Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Gulzarilal Nanda, V.P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar)
69. Headquarters of North Central Railway:Allahabad
70. Oldest public sector bank in India:Allahabad bank
71. The last Maha Kumbha mela took place in:Allahabad
72. Ananda Bhavan, the birthplace of Nehru is situated at:Allahabad
73. The Indian Standard Time longitude (25.15°N 82.58°E) is near the city of:Allahabad
74. The rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswathy join at: Allahabad
75. First air mail system in. India was established in:Allahabad
76. Capital City of Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow
77. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical is at Lucknow
78. Central Drug Research Institute is situated at :Lucknow
79. Headquarters of Small Industries Development Bank: Lucknow
80. Headquarters of National Botanical Research Institute: Lucknow
81. Central Insititute Medicinal and Aromatic plant is at:Lucknow
82. Lucknow is situated on the banks of the river:Gomati
83. Chudhari Charansingh International Airport is located at:Lucknow
84. The historical monuments such as BaraImambaraans ChotaImambara etc are situated at:Lucknow
85. First cities in india connected by STD service:Kanpur and Lucknow
86. Asia’s first human DNA bank is situated at  :Lucknow
87. Largest school in the world  :City Montessori school, Lucknow
88. City of Nawabs :Lucknow
89. The city known as the constantinople of India :Lucknow
90. The Golden city of the East :Lucknow
91. Maiden speech of Lord Buddha was held at  :Deer park (Saranath)
92. Birth place of Buddhism :Saranath
93. Ashoka pillar is situated at :Saranth
94. The legend of red sand stone :Fatehpur Sikri
95. Romance is stone  :Fatehpur Sikri
96. Capital city of Akbar :Fatehpur Sikri
97. 23rd Jain Theerthankara  :Parswanatha
98. The person known as Rithurajan : Jawaharlal Nehru
99. Uttar Pradesh Gandhi :Purushotham das Tandon
100. Childhood name of Jhansi Rani  :Manikamika
101. Author of Ramcharithamaanas  :Thulasidas
102. The parrot of India  : Amir Khusru
103. The National leader from Uttarpradesh who was involved in Kakori Train Robbery : Chandra Sekhar Azad
104. Pandit Ravi Shankar was an exponent in the field of  : Sitar
105. Citizen and Society is the book authored by  : Hamid Anzari
106. Tomb of Salim Chisti  :Fatehpu rSikri
107. The gateway of Fatehpur Sikri  :Bulant Darwaza
108. Akbar built Bulant Darwaza in memory of his capture of  : Gujarat.
109. Taj Mahal is situated at  : Agra
110. The capital of Mughal Empire  : Agra
111. Founder of Agra city  :Sikander Lodhi
112. Founder of Agra fort  : Akbar
113. Agra Fort was enlisted in the heritage list of UNESCO in  : 1983
114. First war of Indian independence was broken out at : Meerut
115. The birth plance of lord Krishna : Mathura
116. Shri Buddha died at :Kushi Nagar
117. The tomb of Akbar is at :Sikandra
118. The capital of Harsha Vardhana :Kanauj
119. The head quarters of North Eastern Railway : Gorakhpur
120. Longest railway platform in the world : Gorakhpur.
121. The clock tower which shows the Indian Standard Time is situated at :Mirzapur
122. Mirzapur means : The place of king